Screen or storm door or combination thereof



1970 c. o. WEIKEL ETAL 3, 9, 99

SCREEN OR STORM DOOR OR COMBINATION THEREOF Filed March 16, 1967 2Sheets-Sheet l I N V EN TOR James .Scr/jbner Claude We/ke/ ATTORNEYSJan. 13, 1970 c, O, wE|KEL ETAL 3,489,199

SCREEN OR STORM DOOR OR COMBINATION THEREOF Filed March 16, 1967 2Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 6

United States Patent 3,489,199 SCREEN OR STORM DOOR OR COMBINATIONTHEREOF Claude 0. Weikel, 1438 Velma Ave., Santa Rosa, Calif.

95401, and James Q. Scribner, 319 Piper St., Healdsburg, Calif. 95448Filed Mar. 16, 1967, Ser. No. 628,215 Int. Cl. E06b 3/12, 3/72, 3/80 US.Cl. 160-90 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A screen or storm door orcombination thereof which has removable weather-excluding materialframes and permanent scarproof panels. Elements of the door framecooperate to provide frontal inset spaces to seat the removable frames.The scarproof panels being seated in part by the door frame spaces andin part by additional permanent door carried frame members.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION OBJECTS STATED Briefly stated, the inventioncontemplates firstly the provision of readily applicable and removableweatherexcluding material-carrying frames for each of a plurality ofdoor-provided screened areas. The said weather frames can be readilystored when not in use which is not the case when a single wholedoor-covering weatherexcluding material-carrying frame is used.

A further object of the invention is to provide a screen door or a stormdoor (or a combined screen and storm door) which incorporates, as whatamounts to frame elements, substantially scar-proof imperforate platesat areas which are subject to the greatest wear in service such as thelower end and lower side portions where dogs scratch or people resort toa shod foot for door manipulation; and further to the door mid-portionwhich is subjected to hand pushes.

A door which incorporates the aforementioned plates will obviously belong lived and can always present a neat and attractive appearance.

Another object is to incorporate a reinforcing wood filler in one ormore areas of tubiform metal door frame; and further, to anchor same inplate by a frame-provided rib which also provides a seating groove forthe plates mentioned in the preceding paragraph.

A still further object is to provide novel door frameprovided securingmeans for the screening and for the weather-excluding plastic sheets ofthe aforementioned removable insert frames; and wherein frame-providedchannels, which are part of the screen-securing means act as stops forlimiting insertion of the respective carrier frames forweather-excluding material.

3,489,199 Patented Jan. 13, 1970 Invention also resides in various novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of the variousparts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

Although a now preferred example of the invention has been disclosed, itis to be understood that the invention is susceptible of othermechanical expressions within the spirit and scope of the subject matterclaimed hereinafter.

In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters have been used todesignate the same parts throughout the several views FIG. 1 is aperspective view of a door embodying our invention, certain parts beingbroken away;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a sectional detail taken on the line 55 of FIG. 1 and showingthe means for connecting a cross member to one of the outer side frameportions;

FIG. 6 is a section on line 66 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary perspective of one of the weather-excludingmaterial carrying frames;

FIG. 8 is a perspective of one of the cross member and main frame sideconnectors shown in FIG. 5; and

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective of a wooden filler element shown inFIG. 2.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the functionallyintegral outer frame of the door is preferably rectangularly tubiform incross-section throughout and comprises the door side portions 8, bottom9, and arched top portion -10which latter, as shown in FIG. 2, has thewood filler W to resist deformation in service.

The other door frame elements are also preferably rectangularly tubiformin cross-section, and they include an upper cross member 11; two ratherclosely spaced subjacent cross members 12, 13, all carried by side frameportions 8; members 14 spacedly paralleling the respective side frameportion 8 and connected to each of cross member 13 and bottom frameportion 9; and a cross member 15 carried by the aforementionedlongitudinally extending members 14.

FIG. 1 shows that the arched upper frame portion 10 and upper crossmembers 11 define the space 16 which is screened (16a) and, for winterservice, is adapted to receive the fibre glass (20) carrying frame 16b.Similarly side frame portions 8 and cross members 11 and 12 define thescreened l7a) rectangular space 17 for a second fibre glass (20)carrying frame 17b; and finally frame members 13, 14 and 15 define thescreened (18a) space 18 for the fibre glass (20) carrying frame 18b.

Each of the frames 16b, 17b, and 18b is frictionally retained in placefor ready removal; and of course any preferred weather excludingmaterial can be substituted for the fibre glass 20. But such materialwill preferably (but not necessarily) be flexible.

Rigid permanently installed plates 21, 22, 22 and 23 of scar-proof metalor other material complete the door structure with the side and endedges of said plates seated in the opposed frame rib-provided grooves28, 28a of the inwardly extending ribs 27, 27a of the outer main doorframe and other frame elements, respectively.

Thus, plate 21 Which is bounded by side frame portions 8, 8 and crossmembers 12, 13, is a hand engaging push plate for use when opening orclosing the door; and the two side plates 22, 22 are scratch plates fordog use when wanting to get in or out, they being bounded by crossmember 13, bottom frame portion 9, and the adjacent one of thelongitudinally. extending members 14.

Then finally, there is the kick plate 23 for use when it is desired touse a foot to open the door, as when carrying bundles, it being boundedby bottom frame portion 9, side members 14, 14, and the cross member 15,as shown.

In carrying out the invention, the interior surface of the endless outerframe 8, 9, has, adjacent the inner door surface, the coextensivesubstantially L-form flange 24 whose free foot portion edge is reverted(25) to provide the outer wall of a shallow screen-edge-receivingchannel 26, it being noted that screen securing wedging strips 29 areused. In addition, said inner wall of the outer door frame 8, 9 and 10also has the central endless inwardly indented reinforcing rib 27 whichprovides the endless outwardly open groove 28 for receiving edgeportions of the aforementioned imperforate plates 21, 22 and 23.

Since the cross members 11, 12, 13 and and the outer frame parallelingmembers 14 are of identical crosssection L-flanges, ribs and groovesprovided by same bear identical reference characters.

Thus, each of the aforementioned members 11, 12, 13, 14- and 15 have attwo opposite sides the coextensive and substantially cross-sectionallyL-form flanges 24a with reverted free foot edge portions 25a whichprovide the outer wall of the shallow screen edge-receiving channel 26a,which correspond to 24, 25, 26 of outer door frame 8, 9, 10.Screen-securing Wedging strips 29 are received in channels 260.

Likewise the longitudinally coextensive inwardly indented reinforcingouter frame ribs 27a and related platereceiving grooves 28a of members11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 correspond to 27, 28 of outer door frame 8, 9, 10.

Referring to FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 7, it will be understood that endlesselastic wedging strips secure edge portions of the Weather-excludingsheets in the endless channels 34 of the storm frames 16b, 17b, 18bofwhich 17b, only, is shown in FIG. 7.

Referring now to the stiff scar-proof imperforate plates 21, 22 and 23of FIG. 1, it will be understood that the ends of the push plate 21 arereceived in the opposed grooves 28 of side frame portions 8; and itslongitudinal edges in the cross member 12 and 13 provided grooves 28a.

As to the two dog scratch plate 22, it will be apparent that the upperand lower edges are anchored in the respective grooves 28a of crossmember 13 and 28 of bottom outer frame portion 9; and the outer andinner plate (22) edges in the outer frame groove 28 and the opposedgroove 28a of the related member 14.

Grooves 28a of members 14, 15 and groove 28 receive the related edges ofthe kick plate 23 at the lower end of the door, as will be understoodfrom FIG. 1.

At this point it is emphasized that, as to each of the outer frame 8, 9,10 and the members 11, 12, 13, 14 and [5, the outer faces of the channelwall-providing terminals 25 (or 25a) of the free foot portions ofL-flanges 24 (or 24a) are substantially co-planar with the inner wall ofthe related groove 29 (or 28a) so as to engage and sustain :heedge-adjacent areas of the related plate 21, 22 or 23, is indicated inFIG. 4.

Although the ends of the member 11, 12, 13, 14 and [5 may be connectedto related door frame members by my preferred means, that which ispreferred is shown n FIG. 5. Thus, one end of cross member 11 isconiected to the outer door frame side portion by connector nember 30which is seated in the end of 11 and secured n place by pin means 33a.Shoulder 31 of 30 engages he adjacent end of 11; and the thickened end32 of 30 abuts side frame portion 8 at opposite sides of flange 24; andother pins 33a extending through 24 complete the :onnection.

Endless side flanges 33 at the outer edge of outer door Frame 8, 9, 10are for stiffening purposes.

From the foregoing description, it is believed that the structuralconcept and advantage of our invention will be clear to those versed inthe art.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a screen door having inner and outer faces and comprising a framewhich includes an endless functionally integral outer frame providingtop, bottom, and side portions, a transversely extending rigid andsubstantially scarproof push plate, vertically spaced doorframe-included cross members for the upper door area and connected tosaid side frame portions and cooperating with the latter and with atleast the top frame portion to provide major screen sheet-receivingrecesses, screen sheets in the respective recesses and of a size andshape to fit in the latter, the improvement which comprises coplanarflanges extending into said recesses from said side frame portions andcross members, said flanges being inset from the plane of the outer doorface, means securing the respective screen sheets to said inset flanges,weather-excluding material-carrying frames conforming to the shape ofthe respective major recesses and removably received in the latter fromthe outer door face with said inset flanges constituting stop means tolimit inward movement of said frames, separate means connecting the endsof said push plate to the side frame portions and its upper edge to thebottom portion of the lowermost one of said screen-supporting crossmembers, a further door frame-provided cross member engaging andsupporting the lower edge of said push plate and connected at its endsto the side frame portions, vertical bars as elements in said door frameand spaced inwardly of each side frame portion, means connecting theends of said bars to the push plate-supporting cross bar and bottomouter frame portion, a rigid and substantially scar-proof dog scratchplate incorporated in said door frame adjacent each lower side portionthereof, said scratch plate having side edges secured to adjacent sideframe and bar portions and their respective ends to the pushplate-supporting bar and bottom outer frame portion, a minor crossmember incorporated in said door frame, means connecting said minorcross member to said vertical bars between the bottom frame portion andthe push plate-supporting cross bar, whereby to provide upper and lowerminor recesses between said vertical bars; coplanar flanges inset fromthe outer door face and extending into each of said minor recesses fromadjacent frame-provided portions, screening secured to the inset flangeof the upper recess, a frame-reinforcing kick plate of substantiallyscar-proof material in said lower recess, means securing said kick plateto the bottom outer frame portion, and to the adjacent bars and minorcross member, the inset flange of said lower recess providing asupporting stop for said kick plate, and a weather-excludingmaterial-carrying frame fri-ctionally and removably secured in the upperone of said minor recesses and insertible thereinto from the outer faceof the door.

2. The structure of claim 1, and the outer door frame and cross barsbeing of metal which is tubiform in crosssection, the screen-supportingflanges at the inner surface of said outer door frame being coextensivewith the latter and having laterally turned channel wall-defining freeedges, coextensive inwardly indented reinforcing ribs at the innersurface of said outer door frame and providing coextensive surfacegrooves facing said frame-provided recesses, each of said cross membersand bars having duplications of the aforementioned flanges, ribs andribprovided grooves at each recess-facing side thereof and all of thelatter being coplanar with their outer door frame-provided counterparts,the edges of the aforementioned push, scratch and kick plates beingseated in the related opposed rib-provided grooves, whereby the latterconstitute the means for securing said plates to the door frame, and theinturned channel-defining free edge walls of said frame portion-providedflanges constituting opposed sustaining abutments for said plates.

3. The structure of claim 2, and projecting fittings secured in the endsof each of said cross bars and posts and secured to the related opposedframe portion-provided flanges.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Martin 52-455 5 Mussey 52-455Winer 52-456 Lauer 49501 X Daniels et a1. 160-90 6 3,024,837 3/1962McPhail 16091 3,086,628 4/1963 Robinson 16090 X 3,102,579 9/1963 Burton160-90 DAVID J. WILLIAMOWSKY, Primary Examiner PHILIP C. KANNAN,Assistant Examiner U.S. C1. X.R. 52-456

